i think driving fills people with a kind of temporary madness in which they view themself as a sort of living automobile and view other motorists as fellow members of their automobile species and view regular humans as a type of mushroom
seriously I keep saying driving is the worst thing for everyone including drivers
the fact that we have a term for "road rage" should clue us in that maybe we should minimize the amount of driving people need to do??
Iirc there's like, actual psychological precedence for what you're saying? When humans use a tool or something the brain literally interprets the tool as a part of or extension of your body, not some seperate thing. Part of why if you get hit you're more likely to say 'they hit me', not 'they hit my car'. I'm not an expert but it wouldn't shock me if being in a car literally changed how you perceive people as a result.
